Johnson Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

January 6, 2020

Jerry Johnson
Jerry Johnson will be inducted into the National Innovators Hall of Fame. UAF photo by JR Ancheta.

Jerry Johnson, University of AV̳ Fairbanks researcher and co-founder of UAF startup , is among the class of 168 new fellows recognized in 2019 by the National Academy of Inventors.

Johnson, a senior research advisor at the and UAF’s , will be inducted at the NAI annual meeting April 10 in Phoenix.

The NIA Fellows Program highlights academic inventors “who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.” A complete list of 2019 inductees is available at .